About the film "I Am Greta": Learning Courage, Protecting the Climate
Greta Thunberg: She is idolized by some, criticized by others as a hype icon. She can be seen as an important beacon of hope or as a media chameleon. One thing is clear: the young Swedish climate activist polarizes and yet she is an average Swedish girl. "I am Greta" will also be shown in Swiss cinemas from October 16, 2020.
Greta Thunberg is the icon of the climate movement, became globally known in a very short time and is now respected not only by the "Fridays For Future" movement. But what kind of person is Greta, what really drives her? Whether at demonstrations or on ballots, whether at conferences and congresses or simply during discussions with her neighbor: Greta is present, in the minds and hearts of many.
She is a young personality who has definitely moved the world a bit within a few months and yet she is also an introverted girl who struggles under Asperger's Syndrome. So it also becomes clear in the new documentary of the former photo reporter of Rolling Stones magazine and now celebrated director Nathan Grossman ("Kristallen Award for Current Events"): With the worldwide fame of the young Swede are also limitations.
Behind the spotlight
Nathan Grossman shows the climate protection activist not only in the limelight, he is especially close to her in many private moments: on exhausting trips, in the circle of her family, in hotel rooms or between grueling appointments with moments of homesickness, exhaustion, overload. The director accompanies Greta with his camera for two years: during her 2018 school strike as a 15-year-old in Stockholm - from which the international "Fridays for Future" movement develops - at meetings with politicians and business people, who also meet in Switzerland, among other places.
One senses that Greta is not a speech artist: her interactions are socially "broken," her communication at times "wooden. "I Am Greta" offers surprising insights into the fascinating and fragile personality of the seventeen-year-old Swedish girl. It's an open secret: not everything in the media productions is based on Greta's own ideas, but the documentary shows the irrepressible will, a mission and the circumstance of a still young girl to be inspired by the elusive idea to save the world.
In the documentary, which will also be released in Switzerland in October 2020, there are several lessons and moments of light where you can visibly feel how a courageous girl articulates herself unwaveringly even in front of supposedly important people and radiates incredible stamina. She doesn't just talk the talk, but actually takes on a lot of unpleasantness. She shows up, is on the spot, keeps her word, stirs up conflicts and tries to solve them again.
"I Am Greta" had its world premiere at the 77th Venice International Film Festival 2020, and its Swiss premiere was at the Zurich Film Festival 2020.
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